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Oranda Cisneros
Anatomy Weeks 6-12
The Sartorius muscle, a thin straplike muscle would have muscle fascicles arranged in | parallel |
The arrangement of muscle fascicles tends to be triangular in shape. The Pectoralis major is an example of a muscle with this type of muscle fascicle arrangement. | convergent |
A muscle with fascicles that insert into only one side of the tendon is categorized as | unipennate |
Muscles that move the wrist, hand and fingers can be | extrinsic or intrinsic |
The biceps brachii has this fascicle arrangement, which maximizes the range of motion possible. | parallel |
The muscle fascicle arrangement for Orbicularis oris is best characterized as | circular |
The nervous system is organized to do which of the following? | Detect changes in the external environment, detect changes in the internal environment, evaluate changes in the environment |
Interneurons reside in the: | CNS only |
The autonomic nervous system does not stimulate: | skeletal muscles |
Multipolar neurons have: | multiple dendrites and one axon. |
Along a neuron, the correct pathway for impulse conduction is: | dendrite, cell body, and axon. |
The white matter of the nervous system is made up of: | myelinated fibers |
Which of the following is not true? | One bundle of nerve fibers (nerve roots) projects from each side of the spinal cord. |
Nerve fibers of the spinothalamic tracts are: | sensory |
The lumbar plexus gives rise to the ____ nerve. | femoral |
The nerve commonly called the vagus nerve is the ____ cranial. | tenth |
The phrenic nerve is found in the ____ plexus. | cervical |
Hormone that inhibits osteoclast activity in children. | calcitonin |
Receptors for hearing are located in the | cochlear duct |
Which of the following endocrine glands develops primarily from the endoderm of the pharynx? | thyroid and parathyroids |
Which of the following areas has the highest concentration of cones? | the fovea centralis |
Which of the following is not part of the flow of taste sensation along the gustatory pathway to the cerebra; cortex? | hypothalamic appetite centers |
Erythrocytes begin their maturation sequence in red bone marrow from nucleated cells known as: | hematopoietic cells |
The outermost layer of the larger blood vessels is the tunica | adventitia |
____ is used to determine the volume percentage of red blood cells in whole blood. | Hematocrit |
A glycoprotein hormone that is secreted to increase oxygen concentration in the tissues is | erythropoietin |
The heart has its own special covering, a loose-fitting inextensible sac called the | pericardium |
Which mature cell has no nucleus, mitochondria, or ribosomes? | Erythrocyte |
Interferon inhibits the spread of: | viruses and cancer |
Hassall corpuscles are part of the: | thymus |
Antibodies are proteins of the family called | immunoglobulins |
Masses of lymphoid tissue located in a protective ring under the mucous membranes in the mouth and the back of the throat are called | tonsils |
An infection in the thumb may result in enlargement of the ____ nodes. | superficial cubital |
Lacteals: | are the lymphatics in the villi of the small intestines, are able to absorb fat from the digestive system |
Lymph ducts empty into the circulatory system, draining into the: | subclavian veins |
Which of the following is not part of the respiratory membrane? | ciliated respiratory mucosa |
All of the following are true regarding the structure of Surfactant except: | produced in the main stem bronchus |
The eustachian tube connects the middle ear with the: | nasopharynx |
Olfactory epithelium is found: | covering the superior turbinate |
Paranasal sinuses are normally filled with: | air |
The upper respiratory tract includes all of the following structures except the: | trachea |
The external openings to the nasal cavities can be referred to as: | nostrils, anterior nares, external nares |
Which of the following is not lined with a ciliated mucous membrane? | vestibule |
Which of these structures is not found in the left lung? | horizontal fissure |
The more common name for the pharynx is the: | throat |